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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Todd Robert Paleczny, Heidelberg, CA;
Arnett Ryan Weber, Waterloo, CA;
Perry Allan Faubert, Surrey, CA;
Patrick Clement Strittmatter, Frisco, TX (US);
Inventors:
Todd Robert Paleczny, Heidelberg, CA;
Arnett Ryan Weber, Waterloo, CA;
Perry Allan Faubert, Surrey, CA;
Patrick Clement Strittmatter, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator disposed and preloaded on a support and arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. The touch-sensitive display may be biased toward the piezoelectric actuator to preload the piezoelectric actuator.